Pocket securing device for pocket-books



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P. OURRAN. POCKET SEOURING DEVICE FOR POCKET BOOKS, WATOHES, &c.

Patented Aug. 6, 1895.

INVENTOH ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES:

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK (JURRAN, OF ROMEO,- ILLINOIS.

POCKET SECURING DEVICE FOR POCKET-BOOKS, W ATCHES, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,159, dated August 6, 1895.

Application filed May 2'7, 1895. Serial No. 550,807- (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, PATRICK CURRAN, of

Romeo, in the county of Will and State of Illiw necessary, the device being so secured to the pocket that in order to loosen or take out the article secured said article must be pressed downward, thus giving notice to the wearer of an attempt to displace-the article.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved fastening device, illustrating a pocketbook connected therewith, the pocket-book being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank from which the fastening device is made. Fig. 3 is an edge View of the said fasteningdevice, and Fig. 4 is a plan View of the blank of the loop adapted for attachment to the pocket-book and for engagement with the fastening device.

In carrying out the invention the fastening device A is preferably made from a strip of steel-or like material, which is cut or otherwise manipulated to form virtually two members 10 and 11, each member at its upper edge being provided with a recess 12, forming a tongue 12, the tongues of the two members being at opposite sides thereof, so that when the members are brought together these tongues will overlap. At one side of the cen ter of the strip opposing projections or ears 13 are produced, and these ears are formed out of the strip, the member 10 being recessed adjacent to said ears, the recesses being designated as 14, and they are best shown in Fi g. 2, while the member 11 is cut to form two pins 15,which at their free ends are adapted to engage with the ears 13, a pin being at each side of said member. amount of the material is removed from the strip in order to produce the said pins and aiford them play and also to complete the formation of the ears 13. The strip of material is bent upon itself below the ears 13, so as to bring the two members 10 and 11 one facing the other, and the tongues are bent downward and inward, the tongue of the member 11 facing the member 10, and vice versa, so that any article that may be placed between the two members 10 and 11 cannot be drawn out therefrom without separating the members and consequently spacing the tongues.

The pocket-book B or similar article is pro vided, preferably, with a metallic loop 16, and the said loop is shown in Fig. 4, being there shown as made from a strip of metal of suitable width having spurs 17 at its extremities, and these spurs are passed through the back of the pocket-book, the book being preferably reinforced at these points at the inner and outer sides by washers 18 or the equivalents thereof, and the spurs are bent inward, so as to lie close against the inner wall of the back portion of the said book.

When the device is used for holding a watch or like article in the pocket the ring of the watch will be passed down between the two Consequently a certain members of the device, assuming the position of the loop 16. (Shown in Fig. l.) The pins 15 are introduced into one wall of the pocket, and are then carried to an engagement with the upper faces of the ears 13. Consequently the device cannot be removed from the pocket unless the pins are first freed from the ears or is otherwise manipulated to give warning to the person wearing the device, and the pocket-book, watch, or other article adapted to be secured by the device cannot be removed without pressing the members apart sufficiently to permit the loop 16, or the equivalent employed, to pass the downwardly-bent tongues 12.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A device for securing pocket books or other articles in a pocket, the same consisting of a strip of metal bent upon itself to form two opposing members, one of said members being provided with lugs extending from opposite sides, and pins adapted for engagement with the lugs at their free ends, both of the said members having tongues at their upper ends, the said tongues being adapted substantially to interlock, as and for the purpose specified.

2. A device for securing pocket books or other articles in a pocket, the same consisting of a strip of spring material bent upon itself to form opposing and substantially parallel members, the inner member having laterallyextending ears, and pins integral therewith, adapted for engagement at their free ends with said ears, each member being provided at its upper end with downwardly and inwardly extending tongues arranged to interlook, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with a pocket book or like article provided with a loop secured thereto, of a device adapted to secure the pocket book or other article in the pocket, said device consisting of a strip of spring material bent upon itself to form substantially parallel members, the inner member having 25 laterally extending ears at opposite sides above its lower end, and pins adapted at their free ends for engagement with the said ears, being located at opposite sides of the said rear member and adapted to be passed 30 through the material of the pocket, the outer member of the device being adapted to pass through the said loop, and interlocking, tongues formed at the upper extremities of the said members of the said fastening de- 5 vice, as and for the purpose set forth.

PATRICK CURRAN. Witnesses:

FRANK W. WELon, J. W. SARSFIELD. 

